In-line skate wheel
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FIG. 1 is a front, top and right side perspective view of an in-line skate wheel according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a right side elevation view thereof, with a broken line illustration of an inner portion of a hub that does not form a part of the design of the present invention, the overall appearance of the opposite side elevation view being identical to the overall appearance of the right side elevation view; and,
FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof, showing an optical illusion of expanded bubbles within a material surrounding the bubbles, the optical illusion being created by refraction of light through the synthetic material, the overall appearance of each plan and elevation view around an entire circumference of the in-line skate wheel being identical to the overall appearance of the top plan view.
The characteristic feature of the design resides in the plurality of bubbles being visible around an entire circumference of the in-line skate wheel.
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Type: Grant
Filed: Mar 13, 1997
Date of Patent: Oct 5, 1999
Assignee: Rollerblade, Inc. (Prairie, MN)
Inventor: Lloyd Gerhardt Keleny (Champlin, MN)
Primary Examiner: Sandra L. Morris
Law Firm: Merchant, Gould, Smith, Edell, Welter & Schmidt, P.A.
Application Number: 0/68,633
